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Excerpt from a documentary showing how micro droplets, aerosols or whatever you want to call small amounts of liquids, travel through air:
The full documentary was first broadcast in March.
The full documentary was first broadcast in March.
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That sneeze is super-gross.Hermit wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:38 amExcerpt from a documentary showing how micro droplets, aerosols or whatever you want to call small amounts of liquids, travel through air:
The full documentary was first broadcast in March.
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The tempo of both new cases and deaths has accelerated in the US...
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An interesting (and worrying) article about the nature of Victoria's second wave:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020 ... n/12434138
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020 ... n/12434138
When Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a fresh six weeks of lockdown for Melbourne and surrounds this week, he described the situation as a "more precarious, challenging and potentially tragic position than we were at some months ago".
The reason for this can be summed up in two words, health experts say: community transmission.
In March, when the first round of lockdown restrictions were brought in nationwide, Australia was seeing a couple of hundred new cases each day – not much more than the number of daily cases coming through in Melbourne and surrounds over the past few days.
But a key difference this time is that these new daily cases are mostly from people who have caught the virus here in Australia, says Katie Allen, Federal Liberal Member for Higgins, paediatrician and former medical researcher.
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.JimC wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:13 pmAn interesting (and worrying) article about the nature of Victoria's second wave:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020 ... n/12434138
When Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a fresh six weeks of lockdown for Melbourne and surrounds this week, he described the situation as a "more precarious, challenging and potentially tragic position than we were at some months ago".
The reason for this can be summed up in two words, health experts say: community transmission.
In March, when the first round of lockdown restrictions were brought in nationwide, Australia was seeing a couple of hundred new cases each day – not much more than the number of daily cases coming through in Melbourne and surrounds over the past few days.
But a key difference this time is that these new daily cases are mostly from people who have caught the virus here in Australia, says Katie Allen, Federal Liberal Member for Higgins, paediatrician and former medical researcher.
So if you get it you only have yourself to blame?ibid wrote:... But there are responsibilities on individuals too.
Dr Vally said people should be following the spirit of the tougher restrictions rather than pushing the limits of the rules.
"It's up to people to be really earnest and very thorough in the way that they maintain physical distance, wash their hands and keep their hand hygiene going, make sure that they limit their exposure to people outside the house," he said.
"Maybe, if they're going to be in situations where they think they're going to come into contact with people, now is the time for people to start to consider wearing a mask." ...
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Our Treasury minister has an idea...
... yet while the government are relaxing social distancing rules, opening up the high street, and encouraging people to spend, spend, spend they're also chiding people, particularly in new hotspots, for not acting responsibly. 25% of people who've tested positive are not responding to emails or phone calls from track and trace teams. Testing positive now obliges you to 14-days of self-quarantine, but the support offered through the benefits system has also been withdrawn because, as the gov points out, with the opening up the economy means it's no longer needed. Without any form of government support it's presumed that many of those who are testing positing are simply having to go to work as normal in order to meet the bills. No doubt the government will label these people 'irresponsible' in due course.
... yet while the government are relaxing social distancing rules, opening up the high street, and encouraging people to spend, spend, spend they're also chiding people, particularly in new hotspots, for not acting responsibly. 25% of people who've tested positive are not responding to emails or phone calls from track and trace teams. Testing positive now obliges you to 14-days of self-quarantine, but the support offered through the benefits system has also been withdrawn because, as the gov points out, with the opening up the economy means it's no longer needed. Without any form of government support it's presumed that many of those who are testing positing are simply having to go to work as normal in order to meet the bills. No doubt the government will label these people 'irresponsible' in due course.
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Possibly a bit unfair on Dr Vally. Sure, governments have a vital role, and when they stuff up (as our state government did by lax supervision of security guards) they need to take responsibility. But it's also true that the more effectively members of the general population act on their social distancing and personal hygiene, the safer both they and the community will be.Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:17 am.JimC wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:13 pmAn interesting (and worrying) article about the nature of Victoria's second wave:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020 ... n/12434138
When Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a fresh six weeks of lockdown for Melbourne and surrounds this week, he described the situation as a "more precarious, challenging and potentially tragic position than we were at some months ago".
The reason for this can be summed up in two words, health experts say: community transmission.
In March, when the first round of lockdown restrictions were brought in nationwide, Australia was seeing a couple of hundred new cases each day – not much more than the number of daily cases coming through in Melbourne and surrounds over the past few days.
But a key difference this time is that these new daily cases are mostly from people who have caught the virus here in Australia, says Katie Allen, Federal Liberal Member for Higgins, paediatrician and former medical researcher.So if you get it you only have yourself to blame?ibid wrote:... But there are responsibilities on individuals too.
Dr Vally said people should be following the spirit of the tougher restrictions rather than pushing the limits of the rules.
"It's up to people to be really earnest and very thorough in the way that they maintain physical distance, wash their hands and keep their hand hygiene going, make sure that they limit their exposure to people outside the house," he said.
"Maybe, if they're going to be in situations where they think they're going to come into contact with people, now is the time for people to start to consider wearing a mask." ...
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